The National tribune., 1887-03-03

sol. IL. smith,, llIFOlu, HI, having nOIiCeu
various claims for whatever honor there may
have been in killing Gen Polk at Kenesaw
brings forward n new candidate the 18th Ohio
battery. In support of the claim he quotes
statement from Maj Gen. w. @. Gresham. who
commanded the Fourth Division of McPher-
! sons Corps.
WI. Shelton. Co. F, 10th Ohio. Bradysville,
| O., thinks Carleton 2 did not do full justice to
! the Fifteenth Corps in his account of the bat
tie Of Atlanta. He says many of these men
! fought under Sherman ut Shiloh, and were the
| peers of any who wore the blue.
J. w. Harker, Co. X, 65th Ohio, correcting
| Carleton" says Gen. X. X. Scott did not be-
long to the Fifteenth Corps, nor was his bril-
| gade composed of four Illinois regiments He
commanded the Third Brigade, Second Divis-
ion, Seventeenth Corps. until captured. The
brigade consisted he says, of the 6sth and 18th
Ohio and 18th Wis.
r. T. Hause, Carleton, Mich, would be glad
to hear from any of his old comrades of the
\ 44th H., particularly Co. ID. He wishes to
know what battery was stationed on the main
road from Atlanta TO Marietta at the battle of
Peach Tree Creek, July 20, 1864, and what bril-
gade was at the right of the battery.
/ Addison Tanquiry, Co. +, seth ILL.,, Sparland,
| H., replying TO COmrade Perdew, 55th Ohio
quotes froI4 Scribner's Campaigns of the Civil
| War " to show that troops of the Fourteenth
Corps first crossed Peach Tree Creek in front of
| Division, of the Fourteenth Corps, Woods, Of
| the Fourth, and Geary's, of the twentieth
effected crossing at about the same time but
| he SAYS Dilworth's Brigade, of Daviss Divis-
| ion, Fourteenth Corps, was the first to secure
loGgment on the other side of the creek.
| w. F. Wheadon, Co. |, SSth Ill, Ainsworth
/ Iowa. reads THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE with
much pleasure and thinks every soldier ought
to take it. He has copy of newspaper
printed in Augusta, Ga, June 81, 1864, the day
! of the charge on Kenesaw Mountain, which he
obtained from a rebel soldier in exchange for
coffee while the dead and wounded were being
cared for under flag of truce.
L. &. Garrigan. Co. +, Harris Light I'D N.Y.
Cavalry thinks Comrade +. +. Reicker is right
about the death of Gen. Polk. He was pris-
Oner and at the rebel hospital at Augusta, Ca
| a rebel doctor told him that Polk was killed
/ by shell from one of the Union guns while
| he with other officers was watching the bat
! teres with feldglass.
ID. H. Richards, Co. G, oath Ky, hatfield
Green, Kan. says it was the oath Ky. that
/ crossed the bridge over Noses Creek on the
stringers and drove the enemy from the bank.
Carleton gives the credit of this to the 103d
Ohio, which the writer says is wrong.
| Geo. Borden, Co. +, Goth Ohio Galena, o.,
says il was the 9th Ind. battery that killed
| Gen. Polk, all claims 10 the contrary notwith-
standing.
| w. Il. haTnOn, ElISJ sergeant 20. i, liIn
| KY, Manannah, Mimi, agrees with Comrade
! Hine, Sergeant-Major of his regiment, that
| Carleton " was correct in his account of the
| part taken by the 18th Ky. in the battle of
| Kenesaw Mountain. The writer lost brother
| in that fight
Robert c. Lowery, Co. B, 129th ILL.,, Ashland,
Kan, fully Endorses the claim made by Com
rade Golf of his regiment, that the First Bri-
| gade, Third Division, Twentieth Corps, cap
tured the 4-gun battery at Resaca. The brigade
was composed Of the 10th Ind. 10Th Ohio. -02d
| l05th and l29th ILL.,, and was commanded by
Gen. Ward. He says the l29th Ill. lost 20
| killed.
II. r. Skinner, Co. II, 21st Ohio, Benton
| HarbOr, Mich, sends brief sketch of the with
drawal of Sherman's army from Atlanta, the
| flank movement to JonesbOro, ard the fight at
! that place. He says that the Color-Bearer CT
the 69th Ohio was shot through the head and
instantly killed. A rebel officer sprang forward
/ TO seize the colors which had fallen, when the
writer covered him with his musket and or
dered him TO surrender, which he promptly
did. The officer was Lieut.. Roberts, Adjutant
/ of an Alabama regiment. The officer said the
/ sword which he had was taken from the body
of Union officer at Store River.
J. WoolsOmroft, Co b, 10th H., Deloit,
Iowa. referring to the statement of COmrade
! Biting Co A, 55th Ohio that he did not see
any dead of the Fourteenth Corps at Peach
Tree Creek, says that if the comrade had been
where the 42d and ssth Ind, 18th Ky. and
| 10th H. were in that fight, he would have
| seen plenty of dead and wounded. These regi-
ments belonged to the Fourteenth Corps. The
writer had brother killed 10 that battle
J. ID. Porter, Co A, 18th Ohio. Steubenville,
| Ohio. adds his testimony 90 the fact that part
of the Fourteenth Corps participated in the
battle of Peach Tree Greek. lie says the Third
Brigade of the Second Division was badly cut
up. losing over 100 in killed and wounded.
Nate frederick Co. H. 49th Ohio, Bairtlstown,
| o., says that Gen. Which received his wound
at Resaca while on the skirmsh-line, accom- pan
/ led by Col. Gibson, of the I9th Ohio where they
I went 10 reconnOiter. He says New Hope Church
was one of the hottest places the 10Th ever
struck. The Horn Brigade" composed of the
32d and 39th Ind, S9th ILL.,, Sth Kan. and 10Th
/ Ohio, fought there for all they were worth"
ID. y. Sharp. Adjutant 18th Ky. Shelbyville
/ KY, replying 10 Comrade Biting, who said
| he saw no dead of the Fourteenth Corps at Peach
| Tree Creek, says that Gen. Carln's Brigade of
| that Corps was across the stream and reached
the field just in time 10 turn the tide of battle.
j The losses of the 10th Ill. and 18th Ky. were
very heavy. 1t was there that Lieut.. St. John,
of Gen. Carlin's staff, was killed while bearing
| orders.
Petersburg.
| George Byerly, Sharpsvlle, Pa, wishes to
/ let MS cOinTaueS KNOW t0aL there IS one regl-
ment, the 57th Pa, that does not claim TO have
been the first TO enter Petersburg. He thinks,
| however, IL did not require any great amount
of courage to enter the city after the rebels had
skinned OUT and it is hardly worth while
! to quarrel over the matter. lie has been try
J ing 10 think what great thing his regiment did,
aud he has concluded that il captured Lees
army while all the other regiments were max
ing the first entry into Petersburg lie thinks
no comrade will dispute this.
j. ii. Hoffman, Co. f, 2O0th Pa, Box 700
Lebanon. Pa, referring TO the large number of
| regiments which claim the first entry into Pc
| tersburg, says that the 200th Pa marched in
about 400 o'clock on the morning of April 3.
| They understood ut the time that IL was the
| first organized regiment To enter the city. Re-
! ferring 10 the charge that has been made that
| the 3Sih Wis. threw down its guns and ran
| from Fort Malone, he says il is not true; that
the Wisconsin boys charged in fine style and
the only running they did was TO run over into
the fort with a cheer and clean out the rebels.
+. l.. WheclOck, Go. L. 37th Mass. says that
the night before the occupation of Petersburg,
l3 of the 37th Mass and some of the 9TH Wis.
were out in front as sharpshOoters, and re-
manned on the skirmish line all night They
advanced with the skirmish-lin in the morn
| ing and received the surrender of the city
from the Mayor and an Alderman. The sur
render was made TO Gen Edwards. who COM
manded the Fourth brigade. First Division,
Sixth Corps lie says they were not trying TO
see who could hoist the first flag, but they
| were looking for rebels and found them. About
the same time body of troops entered the
city from the opposite direction, but he does
IN hot hnln